Champ had testified that he shot 41-year-old John Harrison Price after Price attacked him with a knife outside his home in Prather. The two had gotten into an argument after Champ slashed the tires of an ATV that belonged to Price’s 13-year-old son.

Champ admitted he also fired at Price’s horse paddock, but he was found not guilty Tuesday in a horse’s death.

In his Republican bid for governor last year, Champ received 1.8 percent of the vote.

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